tags 643560 confirmed thanks On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 03:27:47PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Personal groups are the default on Debian. The purpose of personal > groups is to allow users to run with a umask of 002 so that they can > sensibly access shared filespace areas whose access is controlled by > group.
> This only works if the default umask is actually 002. This should > probably now be achieved by enabling the pam_umask module with the > "usergroups" option in some appropriate config file. Yes, this is planned for wheezy. I consider upstreaming of the patch in bug #583958 (and then pulling it into Debian) a prerequisite. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

